R.I.P. Modern Library 100 Greatest Books Group The list is great, the participation has not been. I'm not going to read the next book and I may return in the...
I just opened a box from amazon.com which contains, among others, the next few books on the list (including the gigantic "From Here to Eternity") and then I...
i'm here, still trying to get through _The Wapshot Chronicle_, it's not a difficult book, I'm just not getting into it with life being so busy right now. The...
As a decorated (Purple Heart, if nothing else) veteran of the late, lamented Modern Library Forum, I would be happy to at least attempt to participate around...
We're supposed to be starting on From Here to Eternity but can postpone that if there's anyone who'd like to discuss Wapshot. ... lamented ... participate ... ...
let's keep reading! sometimes people just get busy (i fall in this group) or aren't interested in the current book (i also often fall into this group) but that...
I only recently joined this list, and have certainly been discouraged because, in 2 months, I haven't seen any discussion happening. I have kept myself on...
Before you all start feeling down with the slowdown in participation, remember how lucky you are to have so many members, and members who are interested in...
I hope this group doesn't die! I do have trouble sometimes getting hold of the books - that probably applies to a few members. The Wapshot Chronicles wasn't...
A lot of people obviously want the gorup to stay alive, so it should. Participation will go up and down, and a down in December has to be expected. I know that...
I'm pleased that you are going to continue. I, myself am guitly of not being more active, I do enjoy the comments and reading evailuations from the group. I am...
Sadly there are not enough hours in the day to be able to read all that I would like to! I belong to a lot of reading groups at Yahoo, and have been reading...
You know it would be a big help if someone made an announcement of the coming book title and when discussion is to begin. I can't always get to the website, ...
I also belong to a couple of other groups and I sometimes pick and choose as I'm going to be forced to in the near future because I going to be going back to...
From Here to Eternity, and other things Word of greeting and explanation: I would first like to say hi to everyone, I have mainly been a silent member of this...
hi, thanks for trying to open the discussion a little. I too have been here since way back. The first book I read was "Ironweed". It was a great book to...
I want to comment on one of Atticus's questions. (I think we are fairly close on From Here . . . )Namely of the books the group has done on the list, which one...
*I haven't realy been reading the books in order, and most of the books I have read are from the other end of the list. ^What is the book that has surprised...
I'm about 200 pp into FHTE. But finding it slow going. I agree about the writing. Although occasionally I'll find a passage that sings, typically they are...
I've started reading Death Comes for the Archbishop. It's a nicely paced, very realistic story. I love Cather's language and western mood she creates. jason ...
I read Death Comes for the Archbishop a while ago, and I thought it was one of the best books that I have read on the list. Does anyone have any ideas on why...
Cf. Hans Holbein the Younger's Totentanz (Dance of Death) series (1538). From Polly P. Duryea, Paintings and Drawings in Willa Cather's Prose: A Catalogue...
Although it was quite daunting and I really didn't get into it for the first several hundred pages, I ultimately found it more than worth my while. The way the...
thanks for the great link. Having never read any Cather, I was surprised at the simplicity, straightforwardness and unaffected facility of the language....
I was rereading your post and remembering how much I agreed with your assessment of the poor execution of "From Here to Eternity." But in retrospect, once I...
I just finished reading this book. It was so beautiful. It sort of snuck up on me. The words are so simple, before I knew it I was in the American desert. I...
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